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Team Canada 1976

Quotable:
"Martinec skated up to me and patted me on the back. I take the winning goal away from him and he pats me on the back." - Rogie Vachon after making a spectacular overtime save in Game 2 of the final

Tidbits:
Because of the excessive weight of the original Canada Cup trophy, weighing 95 pounds of solid nickel, a second trophy was produced with a nickel coating making it much lighter

Canada's only loss of the tournament came against the Czechoslovakian squad in round-robin play, losing 1-0. Czechoslovakian goalie Vladimir Dzurilla, who got the start over legendary netminder Jiri Holecek, was the game's star stopping all 29 Canadian shots

Canada swept the best-of-three final versus the same Czechoslovakian team on an overtime goal by Darryl Sittler